
It’s Kind Of a Bat Time
Colorado Parks and Wildlife Research Sheds New Light on One of Our Nighttime Neighbors
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife Research Sheds New Light on One of Our Nighttime Neighbors

Hibernation is a well-known concept. It’s a simple enough idea — when resources are slim, some animals go into a sleep-like state to save energy. An effective strategy, it’s found in a wide range of mammals: rodents, marsupials and even primates. How hibernation works and

Wearing waders and lots of bug spray, Lance, fellow bat Biologist Heather Halbritter, several other CPW staff, and I were going out every 15 minutes to the river below us hoping to catch a specific nocturnal animal: a bat.
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